-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, SlhH0DzJZlJ9vSyIHoiBGhDnkNsnNXAiOCvl7JEaEU6sHyT1CSc7gslrYF/35Lm2 hbmhNicVst7U53jLfOIatQ== 0001193125-09-250623.txt : 20091210 0001193125-09-250623.hdr.sgml : 20091210 20091210145658 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-09-250623 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 5 FILED AS OF DATE: 20091210 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20091210 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20091210 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FISERV INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000798354 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMPUTER PROCESSING & DATA PREPARATION [7374] IRS NUMBER: 391506125 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WI FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-163636 FILM NUMBER: 091233358 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 255 FISERV DR STREET 2: PO BOX 979 CITY: BROOKFIELD STATE: WI ZIP: 53045 BUSINESS PHONE: 4148795000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 255 FISERV DRIVE CITY: BROOKFIELD STATE: WI ZIP: 53045 S-8 1 ds8.htm FORM S-8 Form S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 10, 2009

Registration No. 333-             

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

FISERV, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Wisconsin   39-1506125

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

255 Fiserv Drive

Brookfield, Wisconsin 53045

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Fiserv, Inc. Amended and Restated

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

 

 

 

Thomas J. Hirsch   with a copy to:
Executive Vice President,  
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer   Benjamin F. Garmer, III
and Assistant Secretary   John K. Wilson
Fiserv, Inc.   Foley & Lardner LLP
255 Fiserv Drive   777 East Wisconsin Avenue
Brookfield, Wisconsin 53045   Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
(262) 879-5000   (414) 271-2400
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)  

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer   x    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   ¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of

Securities To Be Registered

 

Amount

To Be

Registered(1)

  Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
  Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
 

Amount of

Registration Fee

Common Stock, par value $0.01

  10,200,000 shares     $46.966(2)   $479,053,200.00(2)   $26,731.17
 
 

 

(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock of Fiserv, Inc. that may become issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the Fiserv, Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(2) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based on the average of the high and low prices for Fiserv, Inc. common stock on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on December 3, 2009.

 

 

 


PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The document or documents containing the information specified in Part I are not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) as part of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and will be sent or given to participants in the Fiserv, Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”) as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents filed with the Commission by Fiserv, Inc. (the “Company”) are hereby incorporated herein by reference:

(a) The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.

(b) The Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2009, June 30, 2009 and September 30, 2009.

(c) The Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 15, 2009.

(d) The description of the Company’s common stock contained in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated September 3, 1986, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after the date of filing of this Registration Statement and prior to such time as the Company files a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purpose of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

 

Item 4. Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Charles W. Sprague, Esq., Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary of the Company will pass upon certain legal matters in connection with the securities registered under this Registration Statement. Mr. Sprague beneficially owns 172,957 shares of Fiserv, Inc. common stock, which number includes vested but unexercised stock options. Mr. Sprague will have the opportunity to participate in the Plan.

 

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, directors and officers of the Company are entitled to mandatory indemnification from the Company against certain liabilities (which may include liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933) and expenses (i) to the extent such officers or directors are successful in the defense of a proceeding; and (ii) in proceedings in which the director or officer is not successful in defense thereof, unless it is determined that the director or officer breached or

 

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failed to perform his or her duties to the Company and such breach or failure constituted: (a) a willful failure to deal fairly with the Company or its shareholders in connection with a matter in which the director or officer had a material conflict of interest; (b) a violation of criminal law unless the director or officer had a reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful; (c) a transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal profit; or (d) willful misconduct. Additionally, under the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, directors of the Company are not subject to personal liability to the Company, its shareholders or any person asserting rights on behalf thereof, for certain breaches or failures to perform any duty resulting solely from their status as directors, except in circumstances paralleling those outlined in (a) through (d) above.

The Company’s By-laws provide for indemnification and advancement of expenses of officers and directors to the fullest extent provided by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law.

The indemnification provided by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law and the Company’s By-laws is not exclusive of any other rights to which a director or officer of the Company may be entitled.

The Company maintains an insurance policy which indemnifies its officers and directors against certain liabilities. In addition, the Company has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors pursuant to which the Company has agreed to pay, on behalf of each such director and his or her executors, administrators or assigns, any amount which such director is or becomes legally obligated to pay because of any claim or claims made against him or her because of any act or omission or neglect or breach of duty, including any actual or alleged error or misstatement or misleading statement, which he or she commits or suffers while acting in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Company.

 

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

 

Item 8. Exhibits.

The exhibits filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference are set forth in the attached Exhibit Index.

 

Item 9. Undertakings.

(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement; and

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

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(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, in a primary offering of securities of the registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the registrant or used or referred to by the registrant;

(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the registrant; and

(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the registrant to the purchaser.

(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Brookfield, State of Wisconsin, on December 10, 2009.

 

FISERV, INC.
By:   /s/    JEFFERY W. YABUKI        
  Jeffery W. Yabuki
  President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on December 10, 2009. Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jeffery W. Yabuki, President and Chief Executive Officer, Thomas J. Hirsch, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary, and Charles W. Sprague, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary, and each of them individually, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Signature

  

Title

/S/    DONALD F. DILLON        

Donald F. Dillon

   Chairman of the Board

/S/    JEFFERY W. YABUKI        

Jeffery W. Yabuki

  

Director, President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

/S/    THOMAS J. HIRSCH        

Thomas J. Hirsch

   Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/S/    DANIEL P. KEARNEY        

Daniel P. Kearney

   Director

/S/    PETER J. KIGHT        

Peter J. Kight

   Director


Signature

  

Title

/S/    GERALD J. LEVY        

Gerald J. Levy

   Director

/S/    DENIS J. O’LEARY        

Denis J. O’Leary

   Director

/S/    GLENN M. RENWICK        

Glenn M. Renwick

   Director

/S/    KIM M. ROBAK        

Kim M. Robak

   Director

/S/    DOYLE R. SIMONS        

Doyle R. Simons

   Director

/S/    THOMAS C. WERTHEIMER        

Thomas C. Wertheimer

   Director


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Exhibit

  4.1    Restated Articles of Incorporation (1)
  4.2    Amended and Restated By-laws (2)
  4.3    Fiserv, Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended through November 18, 2009
  4.4    Fiserv, Inc. Amended and Restated Stock Purchase Plan Sub-Plan for Non-U.S. Designated Subsidiaries
  5       Opinion of Charles W. Sprague, Esq.
23.1    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2    Consent of Charles W. Sprague, Esq. (contained in Exhibit 5 hereto)
24       Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement)

 

(1) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 23, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference.
(2) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 3, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference.
EX-4.3 2 dex43.htm FISERV, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN Fiserv, Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Exhibit 4.3

FISERV, INC.

AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

 

1. Purpose

Effective January 1, 2000, the Plan was adopted to provide employees of Fiserv and its Designated Subsidiaries with an opportunity to purchase Common Stock of Fiserv through accumulated payroll deductions. The Plan is now amended and restated effective January 1, 2010, subject to the approval by the Fiserv shareholders at the Annual Shareholders Meeting to be held in May, 2009.

It is the intention of Fiserv to have the Plan qualify as an “Employee Stock Purchase Plan” under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The provisions of the Plan, accordingly, shall be construed so as to extend and limit participation in a manner consistent with the requirements of that section of the Code. Notwithstanding the above, the Company may, in its discretion (i) deviate from the provisions of the Plan in administering the Plan in jurisdictions other than the United States or (ii) adopt sub-plans of the Plan, applicable to particular countries or qualifying subsidiaries outside of the United States, that are not intended to comply with the requirements of Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code (a “Non-Section 423 Sub-Plan”); provided however, that the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which may be sold under the Plan, including any Non-Section 423 Sub-Plan does not exceed the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Plan as provided in Section 13 of this Plan and further provided that no US Employees can participate in the Non-Section 423 Sub-Plan. The provisions of this Plan shall govern any such Non-Section 423 Sub-Plan unless specifically superseded by the terms of the Non-Section 423 Sub-Plan.

 

2. Definitions

a.    “Board” shall mean (i) the Board of Directors of Fiserv or (ii) if and to the extent that the Board has appointed a committee, whose members need not be members of the Board of Directors, to exercise some or all of the functions of the Board hereunder, such committee.

b.    “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. Reference to a section of the Code shall include that section and any comparable section or sections of any future legislation that amends, supplements or supersedes that section.

c.    “Common Stock” shall mean the Common Stock of Fiserv.

d.    “Company” shall mean Fiserv and any Designated Subsidiary of Fiserv. Except where the context clearly requires otherwise, any reference to “Company” in this Plan shall, with respect to a particular Employee, mean the entity by which he or she is employed.

e.    “Compensation” shall mean the total wages, bonuses, commissions and overtime pay compensation paid during an Offering Period by the Company to an Employee, including deferrals described in Sections 415(c)(3)(D) and 132(f)(4) of the Code, but excluding (i) extra compensation based upon special arrangements; (ii) deferred compensation; (iii) reimbursed expenses (including, but not limited to, moving expenses); (iv) expense allowances (including, but not limited to, travel and entertainment expense allowance); (v) stock options and any gain or income attributable thereto; (vi) imputed income with respect to any group life insurance program maintained by the Company on behalf of an Employee; (vii) referral payments; and (viii) other extra compensation (including, but not limited to, cash and non-cash fringe benefits).

f.    “Designated Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that has been designated by the Board from time to time in its sole discretion as eligible to participate in the Plan.

g.    “Employee” shall mean a person employed by the Company on or after January 1, 2010, whose customary employment with the Company is more than five (5) months in any calendar year. Notwithstanding the preceding, any leased employee, as defined in Code Section 414(n)(2), and any individual performing services for the Company as an independent contractor or other contract service provider under the terms of a contract, agreement or other special arrangement between the Company and the individual, or other third party, that the parties do not contemplate being an employment relationship, shall not be considered as an Employee for any purpose under the Plan.

 

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h.    “Enrollment Date” shall mean the first day of each Offering Period.

i.    “Exercise Date” shall mean the last Trading Day of each Offering Period.

j.    “Fair Market Value” shall mean, as of any date, the closing sales price for a share of Common Stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or system for the last market trading day on the date of such determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Board deems reliable.

k.    “Fiserv” shall mean Fiserv, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation.

l.    “Foreign Employee” shall mean an Employee who is a citizen or resident of a foreign jurisdiction (without regard to whether the Foreign Employee is also a citizen of the United States or a resident alien within the meaning of Code section 7701(b)(1)(A)).

m.    “Grant Date” shall mean the same day as the Exercise Date; provided, however, that if the Board exercises its power under Section 19 to (i) designate a maximum number of shares that may be purchased by each employee during an Offering Period or (ii) require the application to establish the maximum number of shares that may be purchased by each employee during an Offering Period, then “Grant Date” shall mean the first Trading Day of each Offering Period.

n.    “Offering Period” shall mean each of the calendar quarters of each year. The duration of Offering Periods may be changed pursuant to Section 4 of this Plan; provided that in no event may an Offering Period extend beyond the fifth anniversary of the Grant Date.

o.    “Plan” shall mean this Employee Stock Purchase Plan as it may be amended from time to time.

p.    “Purchase Price” shall mean an amount equal to 85% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Exercise Date; provided, however, that the Purchase Price may be adjusted by the Board pursuant to Section 19.

q.    “Reserves” shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock covered by each option under the Plan which has not yet been exercised and the number of shares of Common Stock which have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but not yet placed under option.

r.    “Subsidiary” shall mean a domestic or foreign corporation (other than Fiserv) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with Fiserv if each of the corporations (other than the last corporation in the chain) owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in or of the other corporations in the chain. A corporation shall not fail to be a “Subsidiary” because the entity does not exist or has not yet been acquired by Fiserv or a Subsidiary as of the effective date of this amended and restated Plan.

s.    “Trading Day” shall mean a day on which the NASDAQ Stock Market is open for trading.

t.    “US Employee” shall mean an Employee who (i) resides in the United States, and (ii) is employed by the Company or Subsidiary organized in the United States.

 

3. Eligibility

a.    Any Employee who is employed by the Company on a given Enrollment Date, including an Employee who is on an authorized leave of absence on such date, shall be eligible to participate in the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may exclude a Foreign Employee from participating in the Plan if the grant of an option to such Employee under the Plan is prohibited under the laws of the applicable foreign jurisdiction or if compliance with the laws of such foreign jurisdiction would cause the Plan to violate the requirements of Code Section 423.

 

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b.    Any provisions of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, no Employee shall be granted an option under the Plan (i) to the extent that, immediately after the grant, such Employee (or any other person whose stock would be attributed to such Employee pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) would own capital stock of Fiserv or of any Subsidiary and/or hold outstanding options to purchase such stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of the capital stock of Fiserv or of any Subsidiary, or (ii) to the extent that his or her rights to purchase stock under all employee stock purchase plans of Fiserv and its Subsidiaries accrues at a rate which exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) worth of stock (determined at the Fair Market Value of the shares on the Grant Date of such option) for each calendar year in which such option is outstanding at any time.

 

4. Offering Periods

The Plan shall be implemented by consecutive Offering Periods with a new Offering Period commencing on the first day of the calendar quarters of each year, or on such offer date as the Board shall determine, and continuing thereafter until terminated in accordance with Section 19 hereof. The Board shall have the power to change the duration of Offering Periods (including the commencement dates thereof) with respect to future offerings if such change is announced at least five (5) days prior to the scheduled beginning of the first Offering Period to be affected thereafter.

 

5. Participation

a.    An eligible Employee may become a participant in the Plan by completing a participation agreement provided by the Company authorizing payroll deductions and filing it with the Company’s payroll office at least ten (10) business days prior to the applicable Enrollment Date.

b.    Payroll deductions for a participant shall commence on the first payday following the Enrollment Date and shall end on the last payday in the Offering Period to which such authorization is applicable, unless sooner terminated by the participant as provided in Section 10 hereof.

 

6. Payroll Deductions

a.    At the time a participant files his or her participation agreement, he or she shall elect to have payroll deductions made on each payday during the Offering Period in any whole percentage, but not exceeding ten percent (10%) of the Compensation which he or she receives on each payday during the Offering Period. Contributions to the Plan other than by payroll deduction are not permitted.

b.    A participant may not change the amount of payroll deductions during an Offering Period, but may change the amount to be deducted for any subsequent Offering Period by filing notice thereof at least ten (10) business days prior to the Enrollment Date on which the subsequent Offering Period commences.

c.    A participant may discontinue his or her participation in the Plan, as provided in Section 10 hereof, during an Offering Period by completing and filing with the Company a form provided for such purpose.

d.    A participant’s participation agreement shall remain in effect for successive Offering Periods (including any portion of an Offering Period during which the participant is on an authorized leave of absence, although payroll deductions will be discontinued for any period for which the participant is not receiving Compensation) unless terminated prior to an Offering Period as provided in Section 10 hereof.

e.    All payroll deductions made for a participant shall be credited to an unfunded and unsecured bookkeeping account maintained on behalf of the participant and deposited with the general funds of the Company.

 

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f.    Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent necessary to comply with Section 423(b)(8) of the Code and Section 3(b) hereof, a participant’s payroll deductions may be decreased to zero percent (0%) at any time during an Offering Period. Payroll deductions shall recommence at the rate provided in such participant’s participation agreement for the first Offering Period that has a Grant Date in the following calendar year, unless terminated by the participant as provided in Section 10 hereof.

g.    Notwithstanding the foregoing, if required by the terms of any 401(k) plan sponsored by the Company, a participant’s payroll deductions may be decreased to zero percent (0%) upon the date such participant receives a hardship withdrawal from such 401(k) plan. In such event, payroll deductions shall automatically recommence on the date permitted by such 401(k) plan.

h.    At the time the option is exercised, in whole or in part, or at the time some or all the Common Stock issued under the Plan is disposed of, the participant must make adequate provision for the federal, state or other tax withholding obligations, if any, that arise upon the exercise of the option or the disposition of the Common Stock. At any time, the Company may, but shall not be obligated to, withhold from the participant’s compensation the amount necessary for the Company to meet applicable withholding obligations, including any withholding required to make available to Fiserv any tax deductions or benefits attributable to sale or early disposition of Common Stock by the Employee.

 

7. Grant of Option

On the Grant Date of each Offering Period, each eligible Employee participating in such Offering Period shall be granted an option to purchase on the Exercise Date of such Offering Period (at the applicable Purchase Price) up to a number of shares of the Common Stock determined by dividing such Employee’s accumulated payroll deductions as of the Exercise Date by the applicable Purchase Price; provided that such purchase shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 3(b) and 13 hereof. Exercise of the option shall occur as provided in Section 8 hereof, unless the participant has withdrawn pursuant to Section 10 hereof. The Option shall expire on the last day of the Offering Period.

 

8. Exercise of Option

Unless a participant withdraws from the Plan at least ten (10) business days prior to the Exercise Date, as provided in Section 10 hereof, his or her option for the purchase of shares shall be exercised automatically on the Exercise Date, and the maximum number of shares (including fractional) shall be purchased for such participant at the applicable Purchase Price with the payroll deductions accumulated during the Offering Period. During a participant’s lifetime, a participant’s option to purchase shares hereunder is exercisable only by him or her.

If the accumulated payroll deductions cannot be used to purchase shares hereunder due to the application of any limits of the Plan or the Code to such individual, the accumulated amounts that are not used to purchase shares shall be credited to the participant’s brokerage account.

If, on any Exercise Date, the total number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased pursuant to the Plan by all participants exceeds the number of shares authorized under the Plan or allocated to such Offering Period by the Board, then each participant shall purchase his or her pro rata portion of the shares of Common Stock remaining available under the Plan based on the amount accumulated for such participant during such Offering Period as compared to the total amount accumulated for all participants during such Offering Period.

 

9. Delivery

As soon as administratively practicable following the Exercise Date, the shares of Common Stock purchased on behalf of a participant pursuant to the exercise of his or her option will be credited to an account with a transfer

 

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agent or a securities brokerage firm, as determined by Fiserv, in the name of the participant. By electing to participate in the Plan, a participant will be deemed to authorize the establishment of an account in his or her name with the transfer agent or securities brokerage firm selected by Fiserv. A participant may request that the transfer agent or securities brokerage firm arrange, subject to any applicable fee, for the delivery to the participant or an account designated by the participant of some or all of the Common Stock held in the participant’s account. If the participant desires to sell some or all of his or her shares of Common Stock held in his or her account, he or she may do so (i) by disposing of the shares of Common Stock through the transfer agent or securities brokerage firm subject to any applicable fee, or (ii) through such other means as Fiserv may permit.

 

10. Withdrawal

a.    At any time during an Offering Period, a participant may terminate his or her payroll deductions under the Plan and withdraw from the Offering Period by delivering to the Company a notice of withdrawal in such form as the Company provides. Such withdrawal may be elected at any time, but must be received no later than ten (10) business days prior to the end of the Offering Period. Upon withdrawal from the Offering Period by a participant, the Company shall distribute to such participant all of his or her accumulated payroll deductions under the Offering Period, without interest, and such participant’s interest in the Offering Period shall be automatically terminated. A participant’s withdrawal from an Offering Period will have no effect on his or her eligibility to participate in subsequent Offering Periods that commence after the termination of the Offering Period from which the participant withdraws, but the participant will be required to deliver a new participation agreement in order to participate in subsequent Offering Periods under the Plan.

b.    A participant’s withdrawal from an Offering Period shall not have any effect upon his or her eligibility to participate in any similar plan, which may hereafter be adopted by Fiserv.

 

11. Termination of Employment; Leave of Absence

Upon a participant ceasing to be an Employee for any reason, including death, he or she shall be deemed to have elected to withdraw from the Plan and his or her payroll deductions accumulated during the Offering Period, but not yet used to purchase shares of Common Stock, shall be returned to such participant and such participant’s option shall be automatically terminated. The preceding sentence notwithstanding, a participant who receives payment in lieu of notice of termination of employment shall be treated as continuing to be an Employee for the participant’s customary number of hours per week of employment during the period in which the participant is subject to such payment in lieu of notice. For purposes of this Section 11, a participant will not be deemed to have terminated employment in the case of any leave of absence approved by the Company.

 

12. Interest

No interest shall accrue on the payroll deductions of a participant in the Plan.

 

13. Stock

a.    Subject to adjustment upon changes in capitalization of Fiserv as provided in Section 18 hereof, the maximum number of shares of the Common Stock which shall be made available for sale under the Plan shall be 1,200,000 shares, plus an annual increase to be added on the first day of Fiserv’s fiscal year beginning in 2011 equal to the least of (i) 1,000,000 shares, (ii) one percent (1%) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding on such date, or (iii) a lesser amount determined by the Board. If, on a given Exercise Date, the number of shares with respect to which options are to be exercised exceeds the number of shares then available under the Plan, Fiserv shall make a pro rata allocation of the shares remaining available for purchase in as uniform a manner as shall be practicable and as it shall determine to be equitable.

 

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b.    A participant shall have no interest or voting right in shares covered by his or her option until the option has been exercised.

c.    Shares to be delivered to a participant under the Plan shall be registered solely in the name of the participant.

d.    Cash dividends attributable to shares allocated to participants’ accounts as of the record date for which such cash dividends are declared will be used to purchase additional full or fractional shares of stock.

 

14. Administration

The Plan shall be administered by the Board or a committee appointed by the Board. The Board or its committee shall have full and exclusive discretionary authority to construe, interpret and apply the terms of the Plan, to determine eligibility and to adjudicate all disputed claims filed under the Plan. Every finding, decision and determination made by the Board or its committee shall, to the full extent permitted by law, be final and binding upon all parties.

 

15. Transferability

Neither payroll deductions credited to a participant’s account nor any rights to exercise an option or to receive shares under the Plan may be assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of in any way by the participant. Any such attempt at assignment transfer, pledge or other disposition shall be without effect, except that the Company may treat such act as an election to withdraw from an Offering Period in accordance with Section 10 hereof.

 

16. Use of Funds

All payroll deductions received or held by the Company under the Plan may be used by the Company for any corporate purpose, and the Company shall not be obligated to segregate such payroll deductions.

 

17. Reports

Individual accounts shall be maintained for each participant in the Plan. Statements of account shall be given to participating Employees after the end of each Offering Period setting forth with respect to such Offering Period the number of shares purchased and the price per share thereof, and also setting forth the total number of shares then held in each account.

 

18. Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization, Dissolution, Liquidation, Merger or Asset Sale

a.    Changes in Capitalization. Subject to any required action by the shareholders of Fiserv, the Reserves, the maximum number of shares each participant may purchase per Offering Period (pursuant to Section 7), as well as the price per share and the number of shares of Common Stock covered by each option under the Plan that has not yet been exercised, shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock resulting from a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification of the Common Stock, or any other increase or decrease in the number of shares of Common Stock effected without receipt of consideration by Fiserv; provided, however, that conversion of any convertible securities of Fiserv shall not be deemed to have been “effected without receipt of consideration.” Such adjustment shall be made by the Board, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive. Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance by Fiserv of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of shares of Common Stock subject to an option.

 

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b.    Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of Fiserv, the Offering Period then in progress shall be shortened by setting a new Exercise Date (the “New Exercise Date”), and shall terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed dissolution or liquidation, unless provided otherwise by the Board. The New Exercise Date shall be before the date of Fiserv’s proposed dissolution or liquidation. The Board shall notify each participant in writing at least twenty-one (21) business days prior to the New Exercise Date that the Exercise Date for the participant’s option has been changed to the New Exercise Date and that the participant’s option shall be exercised automatically on the New Exercise Date, unless prior to such date the participant has withdrawn from the Offering Period as provided in Section 10 hereof.

c.    Merger or Asset Sale. In the event of a proposed sale of all or substantially all of the assets of Fiserv, or the merger of Fiserv with or into another corporation, each outstanding option shall be assumed or an equivalent option substituted by the successor corporation or a parent or subsidiary of the successor corporation. In the event that the successor corporation refuses to assume or substitute for the option, the Offering Period then in progress shall be shortened by setting a New Exercise Date. The New Exercise Date shall be before the date of Fiserv’s proposed sale or merger. The Board shall notify each participant in writing at least twenty-one (21) business days prior to the New Exercise Date that the Exercise Date for the participant’s option has been changed to the New Exercise Date and that the participant’s option shall be exercised automatically on the New Exercise Date, unless prior to such date the participant has withdrawn from the Offering Period as provided in Section 10 hereof.

 

19. Amendment or Termination

a.    The Board may at any time and for any reason terminate or amend the Plan. Except as provided in Section 18, no such termination can affect options previously granted. Nevertheless, an Offering Period may be terminated by the Board on any Exercise Date if the Board determines that the termination of the Offering Period or the Plan is in the best interest of Fiserv and its shareholders. Except as provided in Section 18 and Section 19 hereof, no amendment may make any change in any option theretofore granted that adversely affects the rights of any participant. To the extent necessary to comply with Section 423 of the Code (or any other applicable law, regulation or stock exchange rule), Fiserv shall obtain shareholder approval in such a manner and to such a degree as required.

b.    Without shareholder approval or consent and without regard to whether any participant rights may be considered to have been “adversely affected,” the Board shall be entitled to change the Offering Periods, limit the frequency and/or number of changes in the amount withheld during an Offering Period, establish the exchange ratio applicable to amounts withheld in a currency other than U.S. dollars, permit payroll withholding in excess of the amount designated by a participant in order to adjust for delays or mistakes in the Company’s processing of properly completed withholding elections, establish reasonable waiting and adjustment periods and/or accounting and crediting procedures to ensure that amounts applied toward the purchase of Common Stock for each participant properly correspond with amounts withheld from the participant’s Compensation, and establish such other limitations or procedures as the Board determines in its sole discretion advisable, that are consistent with the Plan.

c.    In the event the Board determines that the ongoing operation of the Plan may result in unfavorable financial accounting consequences, the Board may, in its discretion and, to the extent necessary or desirable, modify or amend the Plan to reduce or eliminate such accounting consequences including, but not limited to:

i.    altering the Purchase Price for any Offering Period, including an Offering Period underway at the time of the change in Purchase Price;

ii.    shortening any Offering Period so that the Offering Period ends on a new Exercise Date, including an Offering Period underway at the time of the Board action; and

iii.    allocating shares.

 

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Such modifications or amendments shall not require shareholder approval or the consent of any Plan participants.

d.    In the event the Board determines that the terms of the Plan or any option will not comply with the laws of a foreign jurisdiction applicable to Foreign Employees, the Board may modify or amend the Plan or any option to comply with such laws; provided that such amendments or modifications to the Plan or an option as applied to such Foreign Employees do not provide more favorable terms than are applied to Employees resident in the United States. Such modifications or amendments shall not require shareholder approval or the consent of any Plan participants.

 

20. Notices

All notices or other communications by a participant to the Company under or in connection with the Plan shall be deemed to have been duly given when received in the form specified by the Company at the location, or by the person, designated by the Company for the receipt thereof.

 

21. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares

Shares shall not be issued with respect to an option unless the exercise of such option and the issuance and delivery of such shares pursuant thereto shall comply with all applicable provisions of law, domestic or foreign, including, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the requirements of any stock exchange upon which the shares may then be listed. As a condition to the exercise of an option, the Company may require the person exercising such option to represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise that the shares are being purchased only for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such shares if, in the opinion of counsel for Fiserv, such a representation is required by any of the aforementioned applicable provisions of law.

 

22. Term of Plan

The Plan, as amended and restated, shall become effective on January 1, 2010. It shall continue in effect for a term of ten (10) years from such effective date unless sooner terminated under Section 19 hereof.

 

23. No Employment Rights

The Plan does not, directly or indirectly, create in any Employee or class of Employees any right with respect to continuation of employment by the Company, and it may not be deemed to interfere in any way with the Company’s right to terminate, or otherwise modify, an Employee’s employment at any time.

 

24. Effect of Plan

The provisions of the Plan, in accordance with its terms, will be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, all successors of each Employee participating in the Plan including, without limitation, the Employee’s estate and the executors, administrators or trustees thereof, heirs and legatees, and any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy or representative of creditors of the Employee.

 

25. Governing Law

The Plan will be construed, interpreted, applied and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Wisconsin, other than its laws regarding choice of laws, except to the extent that the state law is preempted by any federal law.

 

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EX-4.4 3 dex44.htm FISERV, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCK PURCHASE PLAN Fiserv, Inc. Amended and Restated Stock Purchase Plan

Exhibit 4.4

FISERV, INC.

AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

SUB-PLAN FOR NON-U.S. DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARIES

 

1. Purpose

The purpose of this Sub-Plan is to provide employees of Designated Subsidiaries located outside of the United States with an opportunity to acquire Common Stock of Fiserv. The Plan was originally adopted effective January 1, 2000 and subsequently amended and restated effective January 1, 2010, in accordance with approval by the Fiserv shareholders at the Annual Shareholders Meeting held on May 20, 2009. The Plan provides that the Board may establish the Sub-Plan. Any option granted under this Sub-Plan is not intended to qualify under Section 423 of the Code. U.S. Employees are not permitted to participate in the Sub-Plan.

 

2. Definitions

 

  a. Board” shall mean (i) the Board of Directors of Fiserv or (ii) if and to the extent that the Board has appointed a committee, whose members need not be members of the Board of Directors, to exercise some or all of the functions of the Board hereunder, such committee.

 

  b. Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. Reference to a section of the Code shall include that section and any comparable section or sections of any future legislation that amends, supplements or supersedes that section.

 

  c. Common Stock” shall mean the Common Stock of Fiserv.

 

  d. Company” shall mean Fiserv and any Designated Subsidiary of Fiserv. Except where the context clearly requires otherwise, any reference to “Company” in this Plan shall, with respect to a particular Employee, mean the entity by which he or she is employed.

 

  e. Compensation” shall mean the total wages, bonuses, commissions and overtime pay compensation paid during an Offering Period by the Company to an Employee but excluding (i) extra compensation based upon special arrangements; (ii) deferred compensation; (iii) reimbursed expenses (including, but not limited to, moving expenses); (iv) expense allowances (including, but not limited to, travel and entertainment expense allowance); (v) stock options and any gain or income attributable thereto; (vi) imputed income with respect to any group life insurance program maintained by the Company on behalf of an Employee; (vii) referral payments; and (viii) other extra compensation (including, but not limited to, cash and non-cash fringe benefits).

 

  f. Designated Subsidiary” shall mean any non-U.S. Subsidiary that has been designated by the Board from time to time in its sole discretion as eligible to participate in the Sub-Plan.

 

  g. Employee” shall mean a person employed by the Company on or after January 1, 2010 whose customary employment with the Company is more than five months in any calendar year. Notwithstanding the preceding, any individual performing services for the Company as an independent contractor or other contract service provider under the terms of a contract, agreement or other special arrangement between the Company and the individual, or other third party, that the parties do not contemplate being an employment relationship, shall not be considered as an Employee for any purpose under the Sub-Plan.

 

  h. Enrollment Date” shall mean the first day of each Offering Period.

 

  i. Exercise Date” shall mean the last Trading Day of each Offering Period.


  j. Fair Market Value” shall mean, as of any date, the closing sales price for a share of Common Stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or system for the last market trading day on the date of such determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Board deems reliable.

 

  k. Fiserv” shall mean Fiserv, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation.

 

  l. Foreign Plans” shall mean the Sub-Plan, Fiserv Group Savings Related Share Option Plan, and any other plans so designated in the discretion of the Board.

 

  m. Grant Date” shall mean the same day as the Exercise Date; provided, however, that if the Board exercises its power under Section 19 to (i) designate a maximum number of shares that may be purchased by each employee during an Offering Period or (ii) require the application to establish the maximum number of shares that may be purchased by each employee during an Offering Period, then “Grant Date” shall mean the first Trading Day of each Offering Period.

 

  n. Offering Period” shall mean each of the calendar quarters of each year. The duration of Offering Periods may be changed pursuant to Section 4 of this Sub-Plan; provided that in no event may an Offering Period extend beyond the fifth anniversary of the Grant Date.

 

  o. Plan” shall mean the Fiserv, Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan as it may be amended from time to time.

 

  p. Purchase Price” shall mean an amount equal to 85% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Exercise Date; provided, however, that the Purchase Price may be adjusted by the Board pursuant to Section 19.

 

  q. Reserves” shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock covered by each option under the Plan which has not yet been exercised and the number of shares of Common Stock which have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but not yet placed under option.

 

  r. Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation, partnership, joint venture, business trust, or other entity 50% or more of the voting stock or control of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by Fiserv.

 

  s. Sub-Plan” shall mean the Sub-Plan for Non-U.S. Designated Subsidiaries to the Fiserv, Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

 

  t. Trading Day” shall mean a day on which the NASDAQ Stock Market is open for trading.

 

  u. U.S. Employee” means an Employee who (i) resides in the United States and (ii) is employed by the Company or Subsidiary organized in the United States.

 

3. Eligibility

 

  a. Any Employee who is employed by the Company on a given Enrollment Date, including an Employee who is on an authorized leave of absence on such date, shall be eligible to participate in the Sub-Plan.

 

  b.

Any provisions of the Sub-Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, no Employee shall be granted an option under the Sub-Plan (i) to the extent that, immediately after the grant, such Employee (or any other person whose stock would be attributed to such Employee pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) would own capital stock of Fiserv or of any Subsidiary and/or hold outstanding options to purchase such stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of the capital stock of Fiserv or of any Subsidiary, or (ii) to the extent that his or her rights to purchase stock under all employee stock purchase plans, intended to qualify


 

under Section 423, of Fiserv and its Subsidiaries accrues at a rate which exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) worth of stock (determined at the Fair Market Value of the shares on the Grant Date of such option) for each calendar year in which such option is outstanding at any time.

 

4. Offering Periods

The Sub-Plan shall be implemented by consecutive Offering Periods with a new Offering Period commencing on the first day of the calendar quarters of each year, or on such offer date as the Board shall determine, and continuing thereafter until terminated in accordance with Section 19 hereof. The Board shall have the power to change the duration of Offering Periods (including the commencement dates thereof) with respect to future offerings if such change is announced at least five (5) days prior to the scheduled beginning of the first Offering Period to be affected thereafter.

 

5. Participation

 

  a. An eligible Employee may become a participant in the Sub-Plan by completing a participation agreement provided by the Company authorizing payroll deductions or contributions and filing it with the Company or a third party designated by the Company at least 10 business days prior to the applicable Enrollment Date.

 

  b. Payroll deductions or contributions for a participant shall commence on the first payday following the Enrollment Date and shall end on the last payday in the Offering Period to which such authorization is applicable, unless sooner terminated by the participant as provided in Section 10 hereof.

 

6. Contributions

 

  a. At the time a participant files his or her participation agreement, he or she shall elect to have payroll deductions made on each payday during the Offering Period in any whole percentage, but not exceeding 10% of the Compensation which he or she receives on each payday during the Offering Period. Where payroll deductions are prohibited under local law, the Company may permit the participants to contribute to the Sub-Plan by an alternative method of contribution, including (but not limited to) personal checks or direct debits from personal banking accounts.

 

  b. A participant may not change the amount of payroll deductions during an Offering Period, but may change the amount to be deducted for any subsequent Offering Period by filing notice thereof at least 10 business days prior to the Enrollment Date on which the subsequent Offering Period commences.

 

  c. A participant may discontinue his or her participation in the Sub-Plan, as provided in Section 10 hereof, during an Offering Period by completing and filing with the Company, or a third party designated by the Company, a form provided for such purpose.

 

  d. A participant’s participation agreement shall remain in effect for successive Offering Periods (including any portion of an Offering Period during which the participant is on an authorized leave of absence, although payroll deductions will be discontinued for any period for which the participant is not receiving Compensation) unless terminated prior to an Offering Period as provided in Section 10 hereof.

 

  e. The Company shall maintain a separate bookkeeping account, or other type of account if required by local law, for each of its eligible Employees who participate in the Sub-Plan and shall credit to that account all payroll deductions or contributions made by or on behalf of the participant. No interest shall be paid or credited to the account of any participant, except where required by local law.


  f. Unless otherwise prohibited under local law or unless alternative procedures are established by the Company in its sole discretion, the Designated Subsidiary shall convert the payroll deductions or contributions of the participants paid in non-U.S. currency into U.S. dollars as soon as reasonably practicable following the applicable payroll deduction date. The Designated Subsidiary shall hold such amounts in U.S. dollars until the end of the Offering Period when such amounts shall be forwarded to the Company for the purchase of shares of Common Stock on the Exercise Date.

 

  g. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent necessary to comply with Section 3(b) hereof, a participant’s payroll deductions or contributions may be decreased to 0% at any time during an Offering Period. Payroll deductions shall recommence at the rate provided in such participant’s participation agreement for the first Offering Period that has a Grant Date in the following calendar year, unless terminated by the participant as provided in Section 10 hereof.

 

  h. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if required by the terms of any 401(k) plan sponsored by the Company, a participant’s payroll deductions or contributions may be decreased to zero percent (0%) upon the date such participant receives a hardship withdrawal from such 401(k) plan. In such event, payroll deductions shall automatically recommence on the date permitted by such 401(k) plan.

 

  i. At the time the option is exercised, in whole or in part, or at the time some or all the Common Stock issued under the Sub-Plan is disposed of, the participant must make adequate provision for the U.S. federal, foreign, state or other tax withholding obligations, if any, that arise upon the exercise of the option or the disposition of the Common Stock. In the event that the Company is require to withhold any applicable income or social or other taxes in respect of any compensation or other income realized by the participant under the Sub-Plan, the Company may deduct from any benefits of any kind otherwise due to the participant, including without limitation the proceeds of any sale of shares of Common Stock for the account of the participant, the aggregate amount of such applicable taxes required to be withheld or, if such payments are insufficient to satisfy such applicable taxes, the participant shall be required to pay to the Company, or make other arrangement satisfactory to the Company regarding payment to the Company, the aggregate amount of any such taxes.

 

7. Grant of Option

On the Grant Date of each Offering Period, each eligible Employee participating in such Offering Period shall be granted an option to purchase on the Exercise Date of such Offering Period (at the applicable Purchase Price) up to a number of shares of the Common Stock determined by dividing such Employee’s accumulated payroll deductions or contributions as of the Exercise Date by the applicable Purchase Price; provided that such purchase shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 3(b) and 13 hereof. Exercise of the option shall occur as provided in Section 8 hereof, unless the participant has withdrawn pursuant to Section 10 hereof. The option shall expire on the last day of the Offering Period.

 

8. Exercise of Option

Unless a participant withdraws from the Sub-Plan at least 10 business days prior to the Exercise Date, as provided in Section 10 hereof, his or her option for the purchase of shares shall be exercised automatically on the Exercise Date, and the maximum number of shares (including fractional) shall be purchased for such participant at the applicable Purchase Price with the payroll deductions accumulated during the Offering Period. During a participant’s lifetime, a participant’s option to purchase shares hereunder is exercisable only by him or her. If the accumulated payroll deductions cannot be used to purchase shares hereunder due to the application of any limits of the Sub-Plan or the Code to such individual, the accumulated amounts that are not used to purchase shares shall be credited to the participant’s brokerage account. If, on any Exercise Date, the total number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased pursuant to the Plan (including the Sub-Plan) by all participants exceeds the number of shares authorized under the Plan (including the Sub-Plan) or allocated to such Offering Period by the Board, then each participant shall purchase his or her pro rata portion of the shares of Common Stock remaining available under the Plan (including the Sub-Plan) based on the amount accumulated for such participant during such Offering Period as compared to the total amount accumulated for all participants during such Offering Period.


9. Delivery

 

  a. As soon as administratively practicable following the Exercise Date, the shares of Common Stock purchased on behalf of a participant pursuant to the exercise of his or her option will be credited to an account with a transfer agent or a securities brokerage firm, as determined by Fiserv, in the name of the participant. By electing to participate in the Sub-Plan, a participant will be deemed to authorize the establishment of an account in his or her name with the transfer agent or securities brokerage firm selected by Fiserv. A participant may request that the transfer agent or securities brokerage firm arrange, subject to any applicable fee, for the delivery to the participant or an account designated by the participant of some or all of the Common Stock held in the participant’s account. If the participant desires to sell some or all of his or her shares of Common Stock held in his or her account, he or she may do so (i) by disposing of the shares of Common Stock through the transfer agent or securities brokerage firm subject to any applicable fee, or (ii) through such other means as Fiserv may permit.

 

  b. Before the commencement of any Offering Period, the Company may require that (i) any shares of Common Stock purchased under the Sub-Plan during such Offering Period be retained with the transfer agent or securities brokerage firm for a designated period of time (and may restrict dispositions during that period) and/or may establish other procedures to restrict transfer of shares of Common Stock; and/or (ii) shares of Common Stock purchased under the Sub-Plan automatically participate in a dividend reinvestment plan or program established by the Company.

 

10. Withdrawal

 

  a. At any time during an Offering Period, a participant may terminate his or her payroll deductions or contributions under the Sub-Plan and withdraw from the Offering Period by delivering to the Company, or a third party designated by the Company, a notice of withdrawal in such form as the Company provides. Such withdrawal may be elected at any time, but must be received no later than 10 business days prior to the end of the Offering Period. Upon withdrawal from the Offering Period by a participant, the Company shall distribute to such participant all of his or her accumulated payroll deductions or contributions under the Offering Period and such participant’s interest in the Offering Period shall be automatically terminated. A participant’s withdrawal from an Offering Period will have no effect on his or her eligibility to participate in subsequent Offering Periods that commence after the termination of the Offering Period from which the participant withdraws, but the participant will be required to deliver a new participation agreement in order to participate in subsequent Offering Periods under the Sub-Plan.

 

  b. A participant’s withdrawal from an Offering Period shall not have any effect upon his or her eligibility to participate in any similar plan, which may hereafter be adopted by Fiserv.

 

11. Termination of Employment; Leave of Absence

Upon a participant ceasing to be an Employee for any reason, including death, he or she shall be deemed to have elected to withdraw from the Sub-Plan and his or her payroll deductions or contributions accumulated during the Offering Period, but not yet used to purchase shares of Common Stock, shall be returned to such participant as soon as administratively practicable and such participant’s option shall be automatically terminated. The preceding sentence notwithstanding, a participant who receives payment in lieu of notice of termination of employment shall be treated as continuing to be an Employee for the participant’s customary number of hours per week of employment during the period in which the participant is subject to such payment in lieu of notice. For purposes of this Section 11, a participant will not be deemed to have terminated employment in the case of any leave of absence approved by the Company. The Company in its discretion shall determine whether its Employees have terminated employment for purposes of the Sub-Plan, and such determination shall be final and binding on all parties. The Company may also establish rules regarding when a leave of absence or other changes of employment status will be considered to be a termination of employment with respect to its Employees for purposes of the Sub-Plan.


12. Section 409A

The Sub-Plan is intended to be exempt from Section 409A under the short-term deferral exception and any ambiguities shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent. In the case of a participant who would otherwise be subject to Section 409A, to the extent an option or the payment, settlement or deferral thereof is subject to Section 409A, the option shall be granted, paid, exercised, settled or deferred in a manner that will comply with Section 409A, including the final regulations and other guidance issued with respect thereto, except as determined by the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have no liability to a participant or any other party if the option under the Sub-Plan that is intended to be exempt from or compliant with Section 409A is not so exempt or compliant or for any action taken by the Board with respect thereto.

 

13. Stock

 

  a. Subject to adjustment upon changes in capitalization of Fiserv as provided in Section 18 hereof, the maximum number of shares of the Common Stock which shall be made available for sale under the Plan (including Foreign Plans) shall be 1,200,000 shares, plus an annual increase to be added on the first day of Fiserv’s fiscal year beginning in 2011 equal to the least of (i) 1,000,000 shares, (ii) 1% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding on such date, or (iii) a lesser amount determined by the Board. If, on a given Exercise Date, the number of shares with respect to which options are to be exercised exceeds the number of shares then available under the Plan (including Foreign Plans), Fiserv shall make a pro rata allocation of the shares remaining available for purchase in as uniform a manner as shall be practicable and as it shall determine to be equitable.

 

  b. A participant shall have no interest or voting right in shares covered by his or her option until the option has been exercised.

 

  c. Shares to be delivered to a participant under the Sub-Plan shall be registered solely in the name of the participant.

 

  d. Cash dividends attributable to shares allocated to participants’ accounts as of the record date for which such cash dividends are declared will be used to purchase additional full or fractional shares of stock.

 

14. Administration

The Sub-Plan shall be administered by the Board or a committee appointed by the Board. The Board or its committee shall have full and exclusive discretionary authority to construe, interpret and apply the terms of the Sub-Plan, to determine eligibility and to adjudicate all disputed claims filed under the Sub-Plan. Every finding, decision and determination made by the Board or its committee shall, to the full extent permitted by law, be final and binding upon all parties. To the extent permitted under applicable law, the Board or committee may delegate its power, authority and responsibilities under the Sub-Plan to one or more officers of the Company at any time in its sole discretion. The Company shall pay all reasonable expenses incurred in the administration of the Sub-Plan. The delegate of the Company shall not be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Sub-Plan or any option granted hereunder.

 

15. Transferability

Neither payroll deductions or contributions credited to a participant’s account nor any rights to exercise an option or to receive shares under the Sub-Plan may be assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of in any way by the participant. Any such attempt at assignment transfer, pledge or other disposition shall be without effect, except that the Company may treat such act as an election to withdraw from an Offering Period in accordance with Section 10 hereof.


16. Severability

If any particular provision of the Sub-Plan is found to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall not affect the other provisions of the Sub-Plan, but the Sub-Plan shall be construed in all respects as if such invalid provision had been omitted.

 

17. Reports

Individual accounts shall be maintained for each participant in the Sub-Plan. Statements of account shall be given to participating Employees after the end of each Offering Period setting forth with respect to such Offering Period the number of shares purchased and the price per share thereof, and also setting forth the total number of shares then held in each account.

 

18. Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization, Dissolution, Liquidation, Merger or Asset Sale

 

  a. Subject to any required action by the shareholders of Fiserv, the Reserves, the maximum number of shares each participant may purchase per Offering Period (pursuant to Section 7), as well as the price per share and the number of shares of Common Stock covered by each option under the Plan (including Foreign Plans) that has not yet been exercised, shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock resulting from a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification of the Common Stock, or any other increase or decrease in the number of shares of Common Stock effected without receipt of consideration by Fiserv; provided, however, that conversion of any convertible securities of Fiserv shall not be deemed to have been “effected without receipt of consideration.” Such adjustment shall be made by the Board, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive. Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance by Fiserv of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of shares of Common Stock subject to an option.

 

  b. In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of Fiserv, the Offering Period then in progress shall be shortened by setting a new Exercise Date (the “New Exercise Date”), and shall terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed dissolution or liquidation, unless provided otherwise by the Board. The New Exercise Date shall be before the date of Fiserv’s proposed dissolution or liquidation. The Board shall notify each participant in writing at least twenty-one (21) business days prior to the New Exercise Date that the Exercise Date for the participant’s option has been changed to the New Exercise Date and that the participant’s option shall be exercised automatically on the New Exercise Date, unless prior to such date the participant has withdrawn from the Offering Period as provided in Section 10 hereof.

 

  c. In the event of a proposed sale of all or substantially all of the assets of Fiserv, or the merger of Fiserv with or into another corporation, each outstanding option shall be assumed or an equivalent option substituted by the successor corporation or a parent or subsidiary of the successor corporation. In the event that the successor corporation refuses to assume or substitute for the option, the Offering Period then in progress shall be shortened by setting a New Exercise Date. The New Exercise Date shall be before the date of Fiserv’s proposed sale or merger. The Board shall notify each participant in writing at least twenty-one (21) business days prior to the New Exercise Date that the Exercise Date for the participant’s option has been changed to the New Exercise Date and that the participant’s option shall be exercised automatically on the New Exercise Date, unless prior to such date the participant has withdrawn from the Offering Period as provided in Section 10 hereof.


19. Amendment or Termination

 

  a. The Board may at any time and for any reason terminate or amend the Sub-Plan. Except as provided in Section 18, no such termination can affect options previously granted. Nevertheless, an Offering Period may be terminated by the Board on any Exercise Date if the Board determines that the termination of the Offering Period or the Sub-Plan is in the best interest of Fiserv and its shareholders. Except as provided in Section 18 and Section 19 hereof, no amendment may make any change in any option theretofore granted that adversely affects the rights of any participant. To the extent necessary to comply with Section 423 of the Code (or any other applicable law, regulation or stock exchange rule), Fiserv shall obtain shareholder approval in such a manner and to such a degree as required.

 

  b. Without shareholder approval or consent and without regard to whether any participant rights may be considered to have been “adversely affected,” the Board shall be entitled to change the Offering Periods, limit the frequency and/or number of changes in the amount withheld during an Offering Period, establish the exchange rate applicable to amounts withheld in a currency other than U.S. dollars, permit payroll withholding in excess of the amount designated by a participant in order to adjust for delays or mistakes in the Company’s processing of properly completed withholding elections, establish reasonable waiting and adjustment periods and/or accounting and crediting procedures to ensure that amounts applied toward the purchase of Common Stock for each participant properly correspond with amounts withheld from the participant’s Compensation, and establish such other limitations or procedures as the Board determines in its sole discretion advisable, that are consistent with the Sub-Plan.

 

  c. In the event the Board determines that the ongoing operation of the Sub-Plan may result in unfavorable financial accounting consequences, the Board may, in its discretion and, to the extent necessary or desirable, modify or amend the Sub-Plan to reduce or eliminate such accounting consequences including, but not limited to: (i) altering the Purchase Price for any Offering Period, including an Offering Period underway at the time of the change in Purchase Price; (ii) shortening any Offering Period so that the Offering Period ends on a new Exercise Date, including an Offering Period underway at the time of the Board action; and (iii) allocating shares. Such modifications or amendments shall not require shareholder approval or the consent of any Sub-Plan participants.

 

  d. Notwithstanding anything in the Sub-Plan to the contrary, the Company, may, in its sole discretion: (i) amend or vary the terms of the Sub-Plan in order to conform such terms with the requirements of each jurisdiction (other than the United States) where an Employee is located; (ii) amend or vary the terms of the Sub-Plan in each jurisdiction (other than the United States) where an Employee is located as it considers necessary or desirable to take into account or to mitigate or reduce the burden of taxation and social security contributions for participants and/or the Company or Designated Subsidiaries; or (ii) amend or vary the terms of the Sub-Plan in each jurisdiction (other than the United States) where an Employee is located as it considers necessary or desirable to meet the goals and objectives of the Sub-Plan. The Company may, where it deems appropriate in its sole discretion, establish administrative rules and procedures to facilitate the operation of the Sub-Plan in such jurisdictions. The terms and conditions contained herein which are subject to variation in a jurisdiction shall be reflected in a written attachment to the Sub-Plan for each Designated Subsidiary in such jurisdiction.

 

20. Notices

All notices or other communications by a participant to the Company under or in connection with the Sub-Plan shall be deemed to have been duly given when received in the form specified by the Company at the location, or by the person, designated by the Company for the receipt thereof.


21. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares

Shares shall not be issued with respect to an option unless the exercise of such option and the issuance and delivery of such shares pursuant thereto shall comply with all applicable provisions of law, U.S. or foreign, including, without limitation, the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the requirements of any stock exchange upon which the shares may then be listed. As a condition to the exercise of an option, the Company may require the person exercising such option to represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise that the shares are being purchased only for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such shares if, in the opinion of counsel for Fiserv, such a representation is required by any of the aforementioned applicable provisions of law.

 

22. Term of Sub-Plan

The Sub-Plan, as amended and restated, shall become effective on January 1, 2010. It shall continue in effect for a term of 10 years from such effective date unless sooner terminated under Section 19 hereof.

 

23. No Employment Rights

The Sub-Plan does not, directly or indirectly, create in any Employee or class of Employees any right with respect to continuation of employment by the Company, and it may not be deemed to interfere in any way with the Company’s right to terminate, or otherwise modify, an Employee’s employment at any time.

 

24. Effect of Sub-Plan

The provisions of the Sub-Plan, in accordance with its terms, will be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, all successors of each Employee participating in the Sub-Plan including, without limitation, the Employee’s estate and the executors, administrators or trustees thereof, heirs and legatees, and any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy or representative of creditors of the Employee.

 

25. Governing Law

The Sub-Plan will be construed, interpreted, applied and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Wisconsin, other than its laws regarding choice of laws, except to the extent that the state law is preempted by any U.S. federal law.

EX-5 4 dex5.htm OPINION OF CHARLES W. SPRAGUE, ESQ. Opinion of Charles W. Sprague, Esq.

Exhibit 5

December 10, 2009

Fiserv, Inc.

255 Fiserv Drive

Brookfield, WI 53045

 

  Re: Fiserv, Inc.; Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I have acted as counsel to Fiserv, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (“Fiserv”), in connection with its Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”), filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), relating to the proposed issuance of up to 10,200,000 shares (the “ESPP Shares”) of its Common Stock, $.01 par value (“Common Stock”), pursuant to the Fiserv, Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”).

In connection with my representation, I have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction of such documents, corporate records and other instruments as I have deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes of this opinion, including the Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and By-Laws, as amended and restated, of Fiserv and the ESPP.

Based upon the foregoing, I am of the opinion that the ESPP Shares, when issued by Fiserv pursuant to the terms and conditions of the ESPP, and as contemplated by the Registration Statement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

I hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to me under “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus comprising a part of the Registration Statement. By giving the foregoing consent, I do not admit that I am an “expert” within the meaning of Section 11 of the Act or come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Charles W. Sprague
Charles W. Sprague

Executive Vice President, General Counsel,

Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary

EX-23.1 5 dex231.htm CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our reports dated February 26, 2009, relating to the consolidated financial statements and consolidated financial statement schedule of Fiserv, Inc. and the effectiveness of Fiserv Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Fiserv, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2008.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

December 9, 2009

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